Background
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera (pronounced as mɑrˈdʒɛərə/ or mar-jair-ə) was born on the 28th of September, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His grandfather nicknamed him "Bam" at the age of three after his habit of running into walls.
Actor director skateboarder stunt-man
Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera (pronounced as mɑrˈdʒɛərə/ or mar-jair-ə) was born on the 28th of September, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His grandfather nicknamed him "Bam" at the age of three after his habit of running into walls.
He attended East High School and cites friend Chris Raab as his only reason for attending high school.
Margera began shooting videos of himself and his friends skateboarding and doing stunts, which eventually turned into the CKY video series. He independently released CKY. CKY2K, CKY3 and CKY4 have also been released.
Following the CKY success, former Big Brother editor Jeff Tremaine noticed Margera's videos and drafted him into the team which would eventually become MTV's Jackass. Margera went on to appear in Jackass: "The Movie", "Jackass Number Two", and "Jackass 3D".
After Jackass, Margera was given his own MTV series entitled "Viva La Bam", which ran for five seasons between 2003–2005. Following the show, in 2007, Margera was engaged and the wedding was filmed for "Bam's Unholy Union" as a follow-up to "Viva la Bam".
In 2009, Margera appeared on "Nitro Circus".
In October 2010, Margera appeared in "Jackass 3D" and the movie broke box office records.
He is also sponsored by Speed Metal Bearings, Adio Footwear, and Fairman's Skateshop.
Margera began a weekly Sirius Satellite Radio show on Sirius channel 28 Faction on November 24, 2004 called "Radio Bam".
In 2005, Margera started a music label, Filthy Note Records, and has directed music videos for Clutch, Turbonegro, Viking Skull, Vains of Jenna and several for CKY. He also directed seven music videos, "Buried Alive By Love", "The Sacrament", "And Love Said No", and "Solitary Man",for the Finnish band HIM, and three for The 69 Eyes, "Lost Boys", "Dead Girls are Easy" and "Dead N Gone". He also plays the keyboard in a novelty band called Gnarkill along with Brandon DiCamillo, Jess Margera, Rich Vose and Matt Cole.